Diablo 4, Campfire, massive changes to the game coming. |UP| Blizzard announces changes and info.
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The only vibrations i get from the game are the "stranger danger" ones that warn me when my wallet is about to get put in a van marked "free candy"they introduce new vibrations for dualsense
After months of teasing a massive overhaul to Diablo 4's core design, Blizzard used today's Campfire Chat steam to walk through season 4's rework to loot and many of the game's other core systems over the course of a nearly two-hour stream.
The changes touch almost every aspect of the game, which is probably why the stream opened with game director Joe Shely defining the most important aspects of Diablo 4 as the decisions you make before combat and the ones you make in between to set up what's in store next season.
Season 4's loot rework redefines how you build your character through loot and adds much-needed complexity—and creativity—to Diablo 4's character progression.
Diablo 4's items, and your character as a result, are going to become flexible in ways they've never been since its release. A pair of gloves, for example, can drop with only a few stats, or affixes, you want, and—through two new crafting systems—these can now be shaped around the kind of build you want to play. Blizzard has clearly taken inspiration from Last Epoch and Path of Exile to add a staggering amount of customization to its loot. The hope is that the age of sorting through mountains of gear for the perfect items is finally over—and Blizzard believes it can be done without a loot filter.
- Item stats are now simplified into flat bonuses like more damage and more health
- Items with stats like intelligence and strength will only drop for the classes they benefit the most (e.g. sorcerers won't see strength items)
- Legendaries in world tier 4 will almost always drop at max item power
- Uniques will drop in world tiers 1 and 2, and Uber Uniques can drop from level 55+ monsters—giving you build-defining items as you level up
- You can now trade Legendary and Unique items you haven't crafted on to other players, which will fully veer Diablo 4's economy into MMO territory
- The gold cost to reroll stats through enchanting will hit a cap instead of exponentially increasing
- Every Legendary aspect in the game will be available in the Codex of Power
- When you salvage Legendary items, the best aspect rolls are added to your Codex of Power for unlimited uses on other items
- Ancestral Legendary and Unique items (Ubers too!) can drop with stats already upgraded before you even start crafting
New endgame activities
All of these improvements will give you the extra power you'll need for Diablo 4's newest endgame activities:
- Helltide will show up in all world tiers with more monsters and a new summonable boss
- Andariel is a new boss who drops the same items as Duriel
- The Pit of the Artificer houses timed, randomized dungeons of increasing difficulty (over 100 tiers) for rare crafting materials and items to summon…
- New "Tormented" bosses who have a higher chance to drop Uber Uniques and will drop a Resplendent Spark (you need four to craft an Uber of your choice) on your first kill
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I watched the stream last, and I will say I was happy with what I saw.
Some good fundamental changes to the game will make a lot more personalised builds viable.
The crafting system is a massive step up and adds a lot more depth and control to building your spec, the codex of power will really help out in regards to removing inventory frustration plus getting rid of all those ridiculous aspects you had to save.
Levelling is now even faster, which is a good thing.
Allowing multiple sources of ways to farm materials for summing boss is a good change.
That being said, most of these things should have already been in the base game at the start, and for me, at least, many, many issues still need to be addressed.
But this is a good start.
Some good fundamental changes to the game will make a lot more personalised builds viable.
The crafting system is a massive step up and adds a lot more depth and control to building your spec, the codex of power will really help out in regards to removing inventory frustration plus getting rid of all those ridiculous aspects you had to save.
Levelling is now even faster, which is a good thing.
Allowing multiple sources of ways to farm materials for summing boss is a good change.
That being said, most of these things should have already been in the base game at the start, and for me, at least, many, many issues still need to be addressed.
But this is a good start.
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Remember these changes will not go live till season 4, that's around May 15 i think.
lots to play till then.
and I had pretty much given up on D4 but this is what might bring me back
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i think it will be worth a go, and don't forget path of exile 2 beta starts somewhere in june.
I never like Poe1 but 2 and the changes they have made really look good.
There should be a lot of information about poe2 coming shortly as a lot of streamers were invited to a private poe2 event.
there is an EXCELENT mod for diablo 2 called Path of Diablo, i would definitelly check that out if you can.
PoE never did hit with me neither, the builds you can achieve are fantastic but it gives me sensory overload.
Excited to see what they do with PoE2.
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Unfortunately, I only play on a console now, and that mod is not available to me.
It's a shame, as it does look really good.
Yeah nowadays I'm exclusivelly playing games on ps5. but I used to play something on PC, the only game that gets me to boot up that piece of shit now is Killing Floor and thats because of my friends and not the game itself (although the game is pretty dope).
But when I did play stuff on PC Diablo 2 was probably my most played game. Thank god they ported it to consoles and somehow made it even better.
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I hear ya; i have thousands, maybe tens of thousands of hours of Diablo games over the years. I played the original Diablo when it first came out, so like you I'm a fan.
My favourite game-action RPG is actually Grim Dawn; I had about 1500 hours, if I recall, on my PC before it died a horrible death; unfortunately, once again, that is not on PlayStation, and it really annoys me.
I do not think i could spend the cash to get an xbox just to play one game.
Besides that,I have been watching the Last epoch and really want that to come to consoles, to be honest if looks incredible and is something i could happily play for years to come.
I might jump in the. I really wanted this Gane but last mjnute didn't get it.
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A barb would be a perfect fit for you, like my good friend @Gediminas, i see-----i smash.
I haven't played since the season of Blood, I'll go back if I really have nothing else to play and the future seasons are good
Question for anyone who may know -
I know that when you start a season, you create a new character but does this also apply to expansions? I know they have their first expansion releasing late 2024 and I wonder if you can still use the same character or if you still have to create a new one. Thanks.
I know that when you start a season, you create a new character but does this also apply to expansions? I know they have their first expansion releasing late 2024 and I wonder if you can still use the same character or if you still have to create a new one. Thanks.
My dude, diablo 3 couch coop is by far one of the coolest coop games ever. Second only to Dead Nation imo.
I played the entire game including dlc 4 or 5 times. once alone, twice with my wife and these were one of the best experiences I ever had in all my years gaming.